tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post6854464278711656810..comments2024-03-23T05:28:35.472-04:00Comments on Healthcare Standards: The title of this post is not so secret...Keith W. Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16883038460949909300noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-28484057516508180472010-06-01T23:00:59.111-04:002010-06-01T23:00:59.111-04:00Erik: Why use that process in the first place? W...Erik: Why use that process in the first place? Why not open it up like the first HITSP contract was. You cannot tell me they didn't know when it was going to expire years ahead of time. There are a lot of answers ciruculating to that question, and none of them are anything I like or even want to repeat here.<br /><br />I know who the possible contractors are, I found that out months ago.<br /><br />What I didn't know until now was the content of the RFP they've been asked to bid on. I have a stake in that process from at least four different directions, first and foremost as a patient and taxpayer. Why shouldn't I or any other stakeholder in this game have been able to know what the content of that RFP was back on March 11, after the submission deadline passed?<br /><br />There is a lot of momentum building behind what HITSP accomplished. Hopefully this new effort won't derail that train.Keith W. Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883038460949909300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-65868499691160998132010-06-01T16:41:02.482-04:002010-06-01T16:41:02.482-04:00Keith, the reason the RFP's are not "publ...Keith, the reason the RFP's are not "public" is that they are only open for review and bidding to CIO SP-2 holders (prime contractors) and subcontractors who work with the prime contractors on their teams responding to these RFP's.<br /><br />There is no "classified material" in the TORFP, they are only announced as available to CIO SP2 prime contract holders (there are 48)erikpupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543391532428158915noreply@blogger.com